Doll carriage



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Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITEDL- Simfree ros'n'ifii MAir'iisir'Amon GARFIELD, nn'w'annsn( DOLL oARRiAGE.

Application filed June 23, 1924. Serial No. 721,766.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MA'rUsI-IAK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Garfield, in the co-unty of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doll Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a toy in the form of a doll carriage provided with moving manikins or other figures and cradles actuated by the travel of the carriage.

The carriage has -a central revoluble platform in imitation of a circus provided with manikins or figures representing horses or other animals attached to the upper side of said platform.

At each end of the carriage is suspended a cradle to the bottom of which is attached a heavy weight, the inertia of which causes the cradles to rock when the carriage is pushed alonga floor, while the circus or -revolving platform is actuated from the wheel axle.

In the accompanying drawings, one em bodiment of the invention is illustrated. and- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the doll carriage;

Figure 2 is a top plan. view partly'in section, and

Figure 3 is a vertical section along line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, reference numeral 10 represents -a carriage consisting of two side walls 11 and two end walls 12, as well as a bottom 13 forming a box-shaped structure open at the top. This box is carried on a frame having side runners 14 and end runners 15. v The side runners 14 are provided with bearings 16 for the front wheel axle and the rear axle 17 to which the rear wheels 18 are rigidly secured is carried in longitudinal slots 19 provided in said side runners 14. A pair of adjusting rods 20 grip aroundl the rear axle 17 and extend rearwardly through the transverse or end runner 15 and carry nuts 21 threaded on the ends of the rods 20. By this arrangement it is possible to adjust the rear axle 17 in longitudinaldirection of the frame.

In substantially the center part of the carriage 10 is mounted an upright spindle 22 which runs through the bottom 13 and is supported on a thrust bearing 23 secured on the under side of the frame. Between the bottom 13 and this bearing is mounted a crown 39. y

Neareach end of the carriage a cradle 33 sheave 24 for a rubber or leather belt 25 en-V tates in a horizontal plane and that the belt 25 must acco-rdingly be twisted a quarter turn. The adjusting rods 2O with the nuts 21 `are supplied to give the proper tension to the belt 25 and may be adjusted from time to time in case the belt should be found to be slack and not properly operating the sheave 24 and spindle 22.

Above the bottom 13 of the carriage a cage is secured on the spindle 22 and adapted to revolve therewith. rllhe cage has a roof 28 and a floor 29 connected/by 'means' of uprights 30. The uprights are narrow so that figures 31 can be clearly seen between them when the cage 27' rotates. These ligures are se- 1 and 3 of the drawings.

Above the cage 27 is furnished a bridge 32 connecting the side walls 11 and constituting an upper bearing for the spindle 22. The spindle preferably projects slightly above the bridge 32 and is is mounted upon studs 34 secured in the side walls 11 and permitting free oscillation of the cradle. Under the bottom 35 of each cradle is attached a heavy weight 36 and it will be clearly understood that the inertia of the weights will cause the cradles to oscillate whenever the carriage is pushed or pulled along the floor. The. oscillation of the cradles will thus be fairly irregular and entirely independent of the circus cage 27 which is directly actuated by the rotation of the rear axle 17 when the carriage is moved along the floor.

At the rear end of the carriageY a handle 37 is secured to the side runners 14 of the frame, while the upper end of the handle 3'? is furnished with a hand grip 38 foroperating the device; f

l'n the middle of each side wall 11 is furnished a circular window 40 through which the figures in the cage can be seen from the outside of the carriage, as best illustrated in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings.

furnished with aY Having thus described the invention, what runners, side runners connecting the cross` runners and having longitudinal slots near their rear ends, a Wheeled axle inserted through and slidably supported in said slotsy rods secured in and adjustable through the rear runner and provided at their front ende` with hooks engaged around the Wheeled axle, a ioor secured upon the runners, a

spindle mounted vertically in the floor in advance of the axle, a cage secured on the spindle above the loor, a slieave on the spindle below the Hoor, a pulley on the axle, l0 and arbelt trained around the sheave and the pulley.

ln 'testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

JOSEPH MATUSHAK. [Le] 

